Sonos revealed todaythat it willfinallybe adding support for Apple Music, albeit in beta form, starting December 15. Is this is something you want to do, you will need to sign-up for the beta now.

To do so, open the Sonos app and navigate to Settings and then Advanced Settings. The, select Beta Program and then Join the Beta Program. You’ll be notified on December 15 to use the beta version of Apple Music on Sonos.

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Microsoft partners with Autodesk on HoloLens solution

Microsoft is partnering with Autodeskon a HoloLens solution called Fusion 360 that the sotware giants says could change the way industrial designers, mechanical engineers and other product development fields work together.

Fusion 360 is the ultimate cloud-based 3D design collaboration tool for product designers and engineers. A natural partner for HoloLens–which we think is the best 3D content visualizer on the planet.

When you’re designing in 3D, viewing content in 3D is an incredible advantage. For designers and engineers using Fusion 360, this also means more effective validation of 3D models–which could mean fewer physical prototypes.

According to a translated version ofthis Ynet report, Microsoft is shutting down its Israel-based HoloLens team.

60 engineers employed at Microsoft Israel revealed today (Sunday) that the company abruptly decided to stop the project it worked. Ynet has learned. About half the work of the engineers, employed as contract workers, was terminated immediately.

This is a group that worked on the project Hololns (HoloLens) for the development of augmented reality glasses based on technology developed by Israeli start-up acquired by Microsoft six years ago. Wednesday, one of the engineers who was working for the group that worked on the project, says that now they have announced today its decision to stop the project and continue development through a different technology, produced in the United States.

“We are working on this project for two years and a half, 30 Microsoft employees and 30 contract workers,” he said Wednesday, was recruited to the Company as an employee of the minyan for the project. “Today they told us to clear out the Group and contractor employees were laid off immediately and not return to work tomorrow. To permanent employees, like me, have given a month to find another job within the company, and those who will probably receive my notice at the end of the month.”

Thanks to Mark B. for the tip.

Image of supposed canceled Microsoft tablet leaked

I have never heard of such a thing and, perhaps tellingly, there are no details at all about thissupposed Microsoft tablet, codenamed Mercury. Just that it looks like a giant Lumia phone and comes in cyan, so it must be real. Is it? I have no idea.